SIGMETRICS 1981: Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

1981 ACM SIGMETRICS Conference on Measurement and Modeling of Computer Systems, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.A., September 14-16, 1981, Proceedings. Performance Evaluation Review 10(3), Fall 1981

Tuning and Scheduling

David S. Reiner, Tad B. Pinkerton: A Method for Adaptive Performance Improvement of Operating Systems. 2-10
Y. T. Wang: On the VAX/VMS Time-Critical Process Scheduling. 11-18
Lars Söderlund: Evaluation of Concurrent Physical Data Base Reorganization Through Simulation Modeling. 19-32

Tutorial Session

Edward D. Lazowska, John Zahorjan: Analytic Modelling of Disk I/O Subsystems: A Tutorial. 33-35

Memory Management

Lawrence W. Dowdy, Hans J. Breitenlohner: A Model of Univac 1100/ 42 Swapping. 36-47
Rollins Turner, Henry M. Levy: Segmented FIFO Page Replacement. 48-51
Domenico Ferrari: A Generative Model of Working Set Dynamics. 52-57

Computational Algorithms I

John Zahorjan, Kenneth C. Sevcik, Derek L. Eager, Bruce Galler: Balanced Job Bound Analysis of Queueing Networks. 58
Doug Neuse, K. Mani Chandy: SCAT: A Heuristic Algorithm for Queueing Network Models of Computing Systems. 59-79

Computational Algorithms II

John Zahorjan, Eugene Wong: The Solution of Separable Queueing Network Models Using Mean Value Analysis. 80-85
Alexander Thomasian, Behzad Nadji: Aggregation of Station in Queueing Network Models of Multiprogrammed Computers. 86-96
S. L. Dodd, David F. McAllister, William J. Stewart: An Iterative Method for the Exact Solution of Coxian Queueing Networks. 97-104
Herbert D. Schwetman: Computer System Models: An Introduction. 105
Peter J. Denning: Performance Evaluation: Experimental Computer Science at its Best. 106-109

Measurement Tools

Abbas Rafii: Structure and Application of a Measurement Tool-Sampler/3000. 110-120
Stephen Tolopka: An Event Trace Monitor for the VAX 11/780. 121-128
H. Pat Artis: A Log File Design for Analyzing Secondary Storage Occupancy. 129-135

Measurement Studies

John Sanguinetti: The Effects of Solid State Paging Devices in a Large Time-Sharing System. 136-153
Richard T. Wang, James C. Browne: Virtual Machine-Based Simulation of Distributed Computing and Network Computing. 154-156

Analytic Modeling Techniques

Ragnar Huslende: A Combined Evaluation of Performance and Reliability for Degradable Systems. 157-164
Patricia A. Jacobson, Edward D. Lazowska: The Method of Surrogate Delays: Simultaneous Resource Possession in Analytic Models of Computer Systems. 165-174

Multiprocessor & Distributed Systems

Patricia A. Jacobson: Approximate Analytic Models of Arbiters. 175-180
Faye A. Briggs, Michel Dubois: Performance of Cache-Based Multiprocessors. 181-190
R. M. Bryant, Jonathan R. Agre: A Queueing Network Approach to the Module Allocation Problem in Distributed Systems. 191-204
Madhav V. Marathe, Sujit Kumar: Analytical Models for an Ethernet-Like Local Area Network Link. 205-215